Japanese: A-1 Pictures
Established: May 9, 2005
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A-1 Pictures (A-1 Pictures Inc.) is a Japanese animation studio in Suginami, Tokyo. Founded by former Sunrise producer Mikihiro Iwata in 2005, it was established as a subsidary of Aniplex. The studio was meant to oversee Aniplex's family-oriented series before it evolved into producing various independent anime projects.
A-1 Pictures has since released popular television anime such as Fairy Tail, Sword Art Online, Nanatsu no Taizai (The Seven Deadly Sins), and Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen (Kaguya-Sama: Love is War).
A-1 Pictures has since released popular television anime such as Fairy Tail, Sword Art Online, Nanatsu no Taizai (The Seven Deadly Sins), and Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen (Kaguya-Sama: Love is War).
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